Chris Thorburn's NHL career
Right winger Chris Thorburn was drafted 50th overall by Buffalo Sabres in 2001. He played 14 seasons for 5 clubs, 2005-2018. That came to 801 games and 134 points, 53 goals and 81 assists.
Below: the whole of Chris Thorburn's career, season by season.
- Year 20012001 NHL Draft
Chris Thorburn is drafted 50 overall by Buffalo Sabres
First off the board- 1Ilya KovalchukATL
- 2Jason SpezzaOTT
- 3Alexander SvitovTBL
Swedes from the same draft
Johnny Oduya850 GP · 190 P- Fredrik Sjöström489 GP · 104 P
- Andreas Salomonsson71 GP · 14 P
- 4 years, 5 months and 9 days later · 5 seasonsYear 20052005-2006 seasonNHL debut
Chris Thorburn makes his NHL debut in 0–5 loss against San Jose Sharks
Chris was 22 years old ·
HSBC Arena, USASwedes on the ice:
Douglas Murray, Nisse Ekman and Henrik Tallinder.Season2005-2006
Chris Thorburn's first NHL season: 1 points
Events80games missedThe whole season and the playoff run2005-2006Points1NHL#704Games2 of 822%Goals0NHL#682Assists1NHL#674P/GP0.50+/--1NHL#433PlayoffsEliminated by Carolina Hurricanes0 of 18 games0 pointsFirst roundPHIPhiladelphia Flyers4–2Second roundOTTOttawa Senators4–1Conference finalCARCarolina Hurricanes3–4 - Year 2007Season
2006-2007
Chris Thorburn plays only 39 games for 5 points
Events43games missedThe whole season and the playoff run2006-2007Points5NHL#597Games39 of 8248%Goals3NHL#460Assists2NHL#627P/GP0.13NHL#549+/-+1NHL#284PlayoffsEliminated by Ottawa Senators0 of 5 games0 pointsFirst roundOTTOttawa Senators1–4 - Year 2008Season
2007-2008
Chris Thorburn scores 18 points
EventsCareer bestHis best assist seasonThe whole season2007-2008Points18NHL#356Games73 of 8289%Goals5NHL#380Assists13NHL#336P/GP0.25NHL#414+/--4NHL#586 - Year 2009Season
2008-2009
Chris Thorburn scores 15 points
The whole season2008-2009Points15NHL#425Games82 of 82100%Goals7NHL#319Assists8NHL#461P/GP0.18NHL#499+/--10NHL#771 - Year 2010Season
2009-2010
Chris Thorburn scores 13 points
The whole season2009-2010Points13NHL#463Games76 of 8293%Goals4NHL#422Assists9NHL#436P/GP0.17NHL#515+/-+6NHL#127 - Year 2011Season
2010-2011
Chris Thorburn scores 19 points — the best season of his career
EventsCareer bestHis best points seasonThe whole season2010-2011Points19NHL#361Games82 of 82100%Goals9NHL#274Assists10NHL#409P/GP0.23NHL#434+/--4NHL#617 - Year 2012Season
2011-2012
Chris Thorburn scores 11 points
The whole season2011-2012Points11NHL#473Games72 of 8288%Goals4NHL#399Assists7NHL#468P/GP0.15NHL#527+/--6NHL#685 - Year 2013Season
2012-2013
Chris Thorburn scores 4 points
The whole season2012-2013Points4NHL#550Games42 of 4888%Goals2NHL#437Assists2NHL#572P/GP0.10NHL#590+/--5NHL#652 - Year 2014Season
2013-2014
Chris Thorburn scores 11 points
Events27games missedThe whole season2013-2014Points11NHL#483Games55 of 8267%Goals2NHL#535Assists9NHL#436P/GP0.20NHL#478+/-0NHL#348 - Year 2015Season
2014-2015
Chris Thorburn scores 14 points
The whole season and the playoff run2014-2015Points14NHL#432Games81 of 8299%Goals7NHL#334Assists7NHL#490P/GP0.17NHL#523+/--5NHL#652PlayoffsEliminated by Anaheim Ducks4 games0 pointsFirst roundANAAnaheim Ducks0–4 - Year 2016Season
2015-2016
Chris Thorburn scores 12 points
The whole season2015-2016Points12NHL#453Games82 of 82100%Goals6NHL#353Assists6NHL#490P/GP0.15NHL#540+/--1NHL#451 - Year 2017Season
2016-2017
Chris Thorburn scores 4 points
Events18games missedThe whole season2016-2017Points4NHL#632Games64 of 8278%Goals3NHL#486Assists1NHL#692P/GP0.06NHL#617+/--7NHL#703 - Year 2018Season
2017-2018
Chris Thorburn scores 7 points
Events32games missedThe whole season2017-2018Points7NHL#605Games50 of 8261%Goals1NHL#636Assists6NHL#545P/GP0.14NHL#597+/--4NHL#589 - Season
2018-2019
Chris Thorburn scores 0 points and wins the Stanley Cup
EventsStanley Cup81games missedThe whole season and the playoff run2018-2019Points0NHL#811Games1 of 821%Goals0NHL#732Assists0NHL#779P/GP0.00+/-0NHL#339PlayoffsStanley Cup0 of 26 games0 pointsFirst roundWPGWinnipeg Jets4–2Second roundDALDallas Stars4–3Conference finalSJSSan Jose Sharks4–2Stanley Cup FinalBOSBoston Bruins4–3 - The career
Chris Thorburn played his last NHL game in 2018
The career ended after 14 seasons, the last of them with St. Louis Blues.